The worst side of it is, that it drags the rest of the mobile game ecosystem down with it.
Whenever I browse the Google Play Store, it is an unplessant experience. It is hard to find out which games are "real" games without the very exploitive mechancis (of course, it is a spectrum, so it's not always easy to tell). It is hard to find out which features the games have: Singelplayer, multiplayer, offline playable, gamepad support?
Especially the last part annoyed me when I tried out a new android controller but couldn't figure out which game would actually work with it.
But there are good games available on mobile. They are just burried under a lot of unpleasent ones.
Long story short, I started developing my own, gamepad optimized game launcher for android which offers more of a console-like experience. Should I ever invest way more time in it, I'll add my own search and filter overlay for the play store…
Whenever I browse the Google Play Store, it is an unplessant experience. It is hard to find out which games are "real" games without the very exploitive mechancis (of course, it is a spectrum, so it's not always easy to tell). It is hard to find out which features the games have: Singelplayer, multiplayer, offline playable, gamepad support?
Especially the last part annoyed me when I tried out a new android controller but couldn't figure out which game would actually work with it.
But there are good games available on mobile. They are just burried under a lot of unpleasent ones.
Long story short, I started developing my own, gamepad optimized game launcher for android which offers more of a console-like experience. Should I ever invest way more time in it, I'll add my own search and filter overlay for the play store…